Neolithic Arrow head
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A collection of 31 Saharan Neolithic lithic artefacts from Niger, including arrow armatures, spearhead tips, and multifunctional tools, ranging from 1 cm to 5 cm in size and 0.1 g to 13 g in weight, made of flint, rose sandstone and quartz.
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Collection of 31 arrowheads (Neolithic bow), spear/shaft points (atlatl or dart-thrower) , multifunctional tools (knives, scrapers).
Size from 1 cm to 5 cm
Weight from 0.1 g to 13 g
Material: flint, rose sandstone, quartz
Sahara Neolithic extends roughly from 6000 to 2000 BCE.
It corresponds to the period of the “Green Sahara,” when the desert was a savanna inhabited by pastoralist and hunter-gatherer populations.
Several lithic cultures stand out in this region:
Ténéréan culture (Ténéré, Niger): famous for its pedunculated bifacial points and its “Ténéré disks.”
Tilemsian culture (eastern Mali, Mauritania): characterized by Tilemsi points, bifacial armatures with a peduncle exposed by denticulation.
Late Capsian culture (Algeria, Tunisia): production of microliths and geometric points.
Hoggar/Ahaggar industry (southern Algeria): toolmaking in quartz and flint associated with the first herders.
Collection of 31 arrowheads (Neolithic bow), spear/shaft points (atlatl or dart-thrower) , multifunctional tools (knives, scrapers).
Size from 1 cm to 5 cm
Weight from 0.1 g to 13 g
Material: flint, rose sandstone, quartz
Sahara Neolithic extends roughly from 6000 to 2000 BCE.
It corresponds to the period of the “Green Sahara,” when the desert was a savanna inhabited by pastoralist and hunter-gatherer populations.
Several lithic cultures stand out in this region:
Ténéréan culture (Ténéré, Niger): famous for its pedunculated bifacial points and its “Ténéré disks.”
Tilemsian culture (eastern Mali, Mauritania): characterized by Tilemsi points, bifacial armatures with a peduncle exposed by denticulation.
Late Capsian culture (Algeria, Tunisia): production of microliths and geometric points.
Hoggar/Ahaggar industry (southern Algeria): toolmaking in quartz and flint associated with the first herders.
Details
Era
Before 1400
Culture
Neolithic
Country of origin
Niger
Century/timeframe
Nèolithique
Acquired from
Private collection
Condition
Good
Year acquired
1977
Country acquired from
Niger
Previous owner acquired from
Private collection
Previous owner - year acquired
1960
Previous owner - country acquired from
Niger
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